2.  4ENGLISH  4MATH  3SCIENCE  3SOCIAL STUDIES  1FINE ART  ½PERSONAL FITNESS  ½PHYSICAL EDUCATION  8ELECTIVES 24 CREDITS TOTAL (Where one credit must be Virtual School)

3.  Passing score on the Language Arts Assessment  Pass Algebra 1 EOC test  Participation in other EOCs: Bio, Geom, US Hist…  Minimum 2.0 GPA  20 Community Service Hours  100 hours for many scholarships, like Bright Futures

4.  Florida Virtual School  All students must take one class to graduate  Variety of courses offered on-line  Credit earned for courses completed  Counselor recommendation required  Student needs to be self-disciplined  Suggested course for 9 th graders- P.E.

5.  ACADEMICS COME FIRST!  An unweighted 2.0 GPA is required to participate in Athletics and Activities.  Also, students must maintain good standing in attendance  Ineligible upon the 10 th absence, 20 th day tardy and/or excused early, or the 6 th day suspended

6. Honors: 1 extra point with C or above Gifted Honors:1 extra point with C or above ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adv. Placement:College Level Course:2 extra points with A or B 1 extra point with C AP Test:College credit may be awarded with a passing score of 3, 4, 5 Dual Enrollment:College credit awarded 2 extra points

7. Course Type Grade Averaged into GPA ABCDF General Education 4.03.02.01.00.0 Honors or Gifted 5.04.03.01.00.0 AP or DE6.05.03.01.00.0

8.  CAPSTONE: SEMINAR  ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMP.  ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMP.  CALCULUS AB  CALCULUS BC  STATISTICS  COMPUTER SCIENCE A  BIOLOGY  CHEMISTRY  PHYSICS 1  PHYSICS C: MECHANICS  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE  WORLD HISTORY  UNITED STATES HISTORY  US GOVERNMENT & POLITICS  MACROECONOMICS  EUROPEAN HISTORY  HUMAN GEOGRAPHY  PSYCHOLOGY  SPANISH LANGUAGE & CULTURE  SPANISH LITERATURE & CULTURE  STUDIO ART: 2D-DESIGN  STUDIO ART: 3D-DESIGN  STUDIO ART: DRAWING

9.  Rigorous curriculum all four years  Students who have challenged themselves  Well rounded  Community Service  Ethics/Discipline

10.  PSAT:9 th, 10 th, 11 th  Practice SAT  October 15 th, 2014  $14 Registration fee from September 3-12 in Main Lobby  SAT:late 11 th, 12 th  Measures aptitude for success in college  Reading, Mathematics, Writing  www.collegeboard.com  ACT:late 11 th, 12 th  English, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Writing (opt.)  www.act.org

11.  Based on GPA of core classes  English, Math, Science, Social Sci., World Lang.  SAT/ACT scores  100 hours of community service  www.facts.org  Scholarships  mostly Senior Year

12.  Miami Herald, American Airlines Co-Sponsor  Outstanding service to the community in addition to stellar academics  Focus is on impact not a number of hours

13. RResponsible SSelf-motivated GGoal Oriented EEthical WWell-rounded CCreative/Original

14. KKeep your sense of humor TTrust that you have done an amazing job YYou do have great kids BBe realistic IIntegrity, respect, and citizenship leads to excellence

15.  School Website  Sweagles.org Advanced Academics Page  Like us on Facebook  www.facebook.com/ SouthwestMiamiHigh  Follow us on Twitter  www.twitter.com/SouthwestEagles